单词 | party-crashing |
释义 | party-crashingn. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). The action of attending a party or other gathering without an invitation. Also in extended use. Cf. gatecrashing n. and adj. at gatecrasher n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [noun] > unexpected > action of gatecrashing1927 party-crashing1930 1930 Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner 12 Apr. 1/2 Police hinted further disclosures were due today regarding the asserted party crashing of various adults, men and women, who are said to have joined the youngsters in their orgy. 1963 Phi Delta Kappan 45 116/1 It is not too late to stamp out teen nightclubs, ‘training bras’, and ‘open house’ party-crashing. 1994 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 24 Jan. 3 d If the party crashing continues at 8:30 tonight in a nationally televised game at Nebraska, the Tigers will have a firm clutch on the race. 2009 S. Bond 5 Bodies to die For vi. 76 Party crashing isn't a capital offense. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). party-crashingadj. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). Of a person: that attends a party or other gathering without an invitation; that gatecrashes. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [adjective] > uninvited gatecrashing1927 party-crashing1945 1945 Chicago Tribune 10 Nov. 7/4 Crashes party, sips vodka and quizzes Zhukov. Russia's Marshal G. K. Zhukov was quoted by a party crashing American staff sergeant today as saying [etc.]. 1973 Hispanic Rev. 41 41 The frivolous, party-crashing hidalgos come rushing across the stage, dressed in disguise. 1992 Washington Times (Nexis) 16 July f1 Mosquitoes, those party-crashing rascals that only have eyes for you. 1997 B. Wagner I'm losing You (1998) 108 Afraid..the gate wouldn't open and I'd be stuck there, ogled at as the party-crashing whore of all time. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1930adj.1945 |
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